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Leominster police sniff out alleged cologne thief

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Updated:
02/13/2013 06:35:11 AM EST

LEOMINSTER -- A Worcester man with a nose for cologne is proving he's not a very good shoplifter. Darren L. Norfleet, 27, was charged with shoplifting (third offense) when he allegedly walked out of Sears with a $42 bottle of Burberry Cologne on Monday, about 5:47 p.m., according to Leominster District Court records. A store employee monitoring surveillance cameras allegedly saw Norfleet take the cologne and walk past the cash registers without paying, a court document said. "A check of his history informed me that he has a lengthy history of similar offenses and an open shoplifting case from September," Officer Kyle Mimnaugh said in a court document. He already has two convictions for shoplifting, the document said. Norfleet was arraigned Tuesday and ordered held on $200 cash bail or $2,000 surety. His next scheduled court date is March 13.

Man charged in fight that hurt daughter

LUNENBURG -- A Lunenburg man was arrested Monday night after an argument with his wife allegedly became physical and injured their 16-year-old daughter, according to court documents. Michael R. Murray, 46, of 31 Maple Parkway, is charged with two counts of assault and battery. According to a police report included with Fitchburg District Court documents, Murray told police the argument began when his wife accused him of cheating. After he told her he wanted a divorce, she allegedly began throwing items from the refrigerator, Murray told police.

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Murray admitted to pushing his wife, who fell backward onto their daughter, and both ended up on the floor, the report states. Officer Jack Hebert observed the girl was crying in pain and holding an ice pack to her right forearm. Murray was released on personal recognizance on the condition that he not abuse the alleged victims. He is due back in court March 26.

Woman, two men charged in robberies

FITCHBURG -- Police say an Ashburnham woman allegedly conspired with two men to commit a host of crimes relating to January home robberies in Fitchburg and Leominster, according to court documents. Samantha L. Murray, 24, of 69 Lakeshore Drive, is charged with larceny over $250, receiving stolen property over $250 and four counts of conspiracy (to commit the crimes of larceny over $250, receiving stolen property over $250, unlawful possession of ammunition with an FID card and carrying a firearm without a license). Police allege Murray assisted Juan Morales and Christopher Irwin on Jan. 3 in transporting to Fitchburg a Beretta 9mm and Smith & Wesson 1911, both semiautomatic pistols and both with magazines, stolen from a home on Legate Hill Road in Leominster. Murray is also accused of assisting the men in transporting and pawning about $9,400 worth of jewelry and electronics stolen from a home on Ashburnham Hill Road in Fitchburg on Jan. 4. The stolen items included a Pandora bracelet, two flatscreen televisions, two laptop computers, a video camera, a Sony PlayStation, controllers and several games, according to a police report included with court documents. Murray was released on personal recognizance and is due back in court March 28.

Copper theft ordered to pay restitution

FITCHBURG -- A Fitchburg man was ordered to pay $1,500 restitution for a washing machine and copper piping he stole from a Garnet Street apartment in November, according to court documents. Christopher M. Ramos, 19, of 59 Longedge Ave., pleaded guilty to larceny over $250 in Fitchburg District Court on Tuesday. Ramos was also given one year of probation for that charge and for failing to register as a Level 2 sex offender in July, according to court documents.

TV theft lands man in jail for 18 months

FITCHBURG -- A Gardner man was sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction on Tuesday for stealing a television from the Lunenburg Walmart in October, according to court documents. Leo R. Rocheleau, 27, of 24 Craft St., pleaded guilty to larceny over $250 in Fitchburg District Court. Rocheleau and an accomplice were captured on store surveillance video stealing the 42-inch Visio flatscreen television, valued at $468 on Oct. 7, and were caught in a traffic stop in Winchendon later that night, according to a police report included with court documents.

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